Seeker of knowledge : the man who deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphs

Title
Seeker of knowledge : the man who deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphs

Personal Author EPSB
James, Rumford

Summary
A biography of the French scholar whose decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphic language made the study of ancient Egypt possible.

Year Published
2000

Physical Description
[32] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 x 29 cm.

Personal Subject
Champollion, Jean-François, 1790-1832.

Subject
Egyptian language -- Writing, Hieroglyphic.
 
Egyptologists -- France -- Biography.

Summary
A biography of the French scholar whose decipherment of the Egyptian hieroglyphic language made the study of ancient Egypt possible.

ISBN
9780395979341

Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
George P. Nicholson493.092 RUMBook31004000012026Non-Fiction